Restoration Books for Sale

Expert advice from one of Australiaʹs top conservation architects. Illustrated with over 180 detailed sketches and photographs and covering all components of old buildings. This is a new, revised and enlarged edition with two new chapters.
Published by The Flannel Flower Press
Paperback, 136 pages, 215 X 285mm

The definitive guide to styles of houses built in Australia from 1788 to the present. Illustrated with 63 detailed sketches. The text & drawings combine authority and authenticity with sharp social comment & a wry sense of humour.
Published by The Flannel Flower Press
Paperback, 104 pages, 255 x 240mm

The first guide to painting & decorating old houses in authentic traditional colour schemes. A ʹpaint‐by‐numbersʹ book, illustrated with sketches of types of houses and interiors built in Australia between 1820 & the 1940s. Colour schemes from this book, collected by paint scrapes on old houses throughout Australia, have changed the face of Australian towns, suburbs and the countryside. Published by The Flannel Flower Press
Paperback, 108 pages, 255 x 242mm

A new and revised edition of the second colour scheme guide first published in 1992. This authoritative guide to painting & decorating old houses, using traditional colours in the traditional manner, is illustrated with sketches of types of houses and interiors built in Australia between 1820 and the 1940s.
Published by The Flannel Flower Press
Paperback, 123 pages, 255 x 242mm

Publications for Sale

4 publications produced by Ian Stapleton with Maisy Stapleton, Clive Lucas and Ian Evans providing expert guidance for the care and maintenance of Australian buildings